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Re:I'm Wil Wheaton. I Live with Chronic Depression and Anxie... by ken on Friday August 24, 2018 @11:39PM (#17839381)
That's interesting. The Wiktionary definition of "illness" says "an instance of a disease", and their definition of "disease" specifically says "distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired".

If one gets PTSD from a traumatic event, then, is that by definition not mental illness? Wouldn't that literally be a "mental injury"?

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Re:I'm Wil Wheaton. I Live with Chronic Depression and Anxie... by mindgam3 on Saturday August 25, 2018 @12:53AM (#17839609)
Unless I’m missing something obvious - always a possibility - I believe we’re in complete agreement on PTSD being a great example of a “mental injury”. You may want to re-read my original comment.
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